The Bach-Portal

About this Project

The Bach-Portal was conceived and is regularly updated by Matthias Roeder. Mr. Roeder is currently a candidate for the PhD degree in historical musicology at Harvard University. He has also studied classical guitar at the Mozarteum University and philosophy at the University of Bonn, Germany. However, his passion is musicology with particular emphasis on the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

The web page you are now visiting aims to present the best available internet-resources for Johann Sebastian Bach. As Matthias puts it, "After spending many hours surfing the web, I became increasingly frustrated by the lack of easy access to accurate and reliable Bach source material. In the present Bach-Portal I have tried to include not only material that is directly concerned with Bach, but also to give references to related internet pages dealing with other important baroque composers, who had - or might have had - an impact on the life and musical development of the great Johann Sebastian. In addition, you will find links to the major centers of Bach research world-wide as well as information about his music, instruments used in his time and general aspects of baroque performance practice."

"Finally, links are set up to give interested persons easier and faster access to the information they desire. In general, I have omitted commercial sites, but sometimes these pages are closely linked to important news such as information about upcoming concerts or exhibitions. In such cases I have provided the link with an appropriate caveat."

"In the soon-to-be-launched essay section you will find some of the best of recent articles assuredly of interest to "Liebhaber und Kenner" as Bach himself once put it. Please feel free to E-mail me with your suggestions, or in the event that you would like to contribute one or more of your own essays please contact me at: .